Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:01.87	Q
2	2	Susan Scott	Scotland	2:02.82	Q
3	5	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:03.04	Q
4	3	Grace Ebor	Nigeria	2:03.12	Q, SB
5	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:03.31	q
6	5	Charlotte Moore	England	2:03.38	Q
7	3	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:03.40	Q
8	5	Michelle Ballentine	Jamaica	2:03.66	q, SB
9	1	Faith Macharia	Kenya	2:03.88	Q
10	2	Emma Davies	Wales	2:04.02	q, SB
11	4	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:04.09	Q
12	4	Joanne Fenn	England	2:04.17	Q
13	4	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	2:04.45	q
14	4	Anny Christofidou	Cyprus	2:04.48	q, NR
15	1	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:04.65	Q
16	4	Anna Ndege	Tanzania	2:05.13	q
17	3	Rebecca Lyne	England	2:05.26
18	3	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:05.80
19	1	Oluoma Nwoke	Nigeria	2:05.93
20	3	Sheena Gooding	Barbados	2:06.47
21	2	Tamika Williams	Bermuda	2:06.57
22	4	Kelly McNeice	Northern Ireland	2:06.68
23	5	Marian Omajuwa	Nigeria	2:07.24
24	5	Janill Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	2:11.58
25	2	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:14.38
26	1	Bongiwe Mndzebele	Swaziland	2:17.82
27	1	Sisilia Dauniwe	Fiji	2:18.59
	5	Kadie Koroma	Sierra Leone	DQ
	1	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	DNS
	3	Addeh Mwamba	Zambia	DNS

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:00.55	Q
2	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:00.85	Q
3	1	Charlotte Moore	England	2:00.95	Q, PB
4	1	Susan Scott	Scotland	2:01.03	q, PB
5	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:01.59	Q
6	1	Michelle Ballentine	Jamaica	2:02.043	q, PB
7	2	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:02.50	Q
8	2	Joanne Fenn	England	2:03.04	Q
9	1	Faith Macharia	Kenya	2:03.48
10	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:03.52
11	2	Grace Ebor	Nigeria	2:03.65
12	2	Emma Davies	Wales	2:03.93	SB
13	2	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	2:04.15
14	1	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:04.45
15	2	Anny Christofidou	Cyprus	2:05.05
16	1	Anna Ndege	Tanzania	2:05.87